At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 403 Situation
Capital International Airport.

The plane taxied to the ground and rushed forward for a while before slowly coming to a stop.

The passengers packed their luggage, and Shen Xudong also took off his earphones, got up and packed his luggage, a backpack and a small suitcase.

Following Zhu Yuwen and Lu Fangsheng, they lined up to get off the plane, yawning all the way.

I don't know what happened, but he didn't fall asleep along the way!

"Will there be a reporter later?"

"...There should be..."

"Then tidy up..."

Zhu Yuwen and Lu Fangsheng whispered, Shen Xudong couldn't help reminding: "There will be reporters, but they are mainly planning to arrest Zhou Shen and Liu Lu...We are just a foil!"

"...You are not a foil!"

"Ha ha…"

Shen Xudong yawned and continued to walk forward. At the exit... there are indeed some media waiting, but not many...

The main crew of "The Aviator" moved to Toronto - to cooperate with the publicity!

The director and the two leading actors followed.

Zhu Yuwen and Lu Fangsheng were still newcomers, so the reporters naturally didn't waste their time. After asking a few perfunctory questions, they let them leave. They mainly interviewed Shen Xudong...

"Xudong, congratulations on winning the award, can you talk about your feelings?"

"Xudong, how many copies of "The Aviator" have been prepared for the mainland release? Will it be released on a large scale?"

"Xudong, can you tell me more about the overseas distribution of "The Aviator"?"

"Xudong, director Wu Yusen said that you rejected the scriptwriting invitation of "Red Cliff", is it true?"

Shen Xudong has always respected the media and reporters, and... "The Aviator" will be released tomorrow, so it's up to them to promote it!

So, he stopped and answered seriously...

Several reporters also noticed that he was quite tired, but they still asked, "What do you think of Huang Shengyi's matter?"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then asked in doubt: "...This has nothing to do with me, does it?"

"Didn't you guys collaborate on "No. [-] Under Heaven" before? Besides, Huang Shengyi is also our mainland actor..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Xudong said: "I'm not familiar with Huang Shengyi..."No. [-] in the World", I didn't even talk to her. She was a star girl at the time, and she only talked to investors...I'm a melon eater about this matter... "

"The people who eat melons?"

Well, another term explanation!
After all, the word 'eat melon' was recognized by everyone in 2016...

Shen Xudong explained: "It's nothing to do with me, I don't express my opinions, I just watch...Have you checked the forums? There are often people talking and discussing some issues, followed by a bunch of people watching and talking nonsense. Speeches like "selling melon seeds in the front row", "eating melon seeds in the front row", "eating melon seeds in the front row", "people eating melons", "people eating melons who don't know the truth" and so on, I call this state of eating melons!"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong raised his wrist to check the time, and then said: "The last question..."

"... Can you predict the box office of "The Aviator"?"

"We have prepared 150 copies, and the goal is 2000 million...Because "The Aviator" is not the kind of bitter literary film, it is very romantic, it is a man's dream of flying..."

……

It must be emphasized that it is not a literary film!
When promoting a movie, it is especially important to set the tone of the movie.

To set the tone... means to determine the type...

It's like horror movies, horror movie fans will be interested, and audiences who don't like horror movies will not be interested once they hear horror movies;
If a movie advertises itself as a literary film, it will give people the impression that it is a dull and boring film. Except for literary film lovers, most ordinary audiences will not be interested.

After September, in addition to "War of the Worlds", many movies were released, including "Waiting Alone", "My Years in France"...

By the way, the domestic translation of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" is called "War of the Worlds"...

Big production, cost 2.5 million dollars!
A propositional work, the first half is still a commercial entertainment film, and the latter wants to run on the line of family affection and literature, but the result is not pleasing anywhere.

In fact, it will follow the path of "Independence Day", "Clash of Heaven and Earth", and "The End of the World"...

Many people say that there are no surprises in the plot...

Nonsense, the plot is a handsome guy saving the earth, an adaptation of a novel in 1898, how can you expect a science fiction novel more than 100 years ago to still bring great surprises to people today?

Not Asimov...

And... the aliens in the movie are self-defeating-the aliens all died because of the virus.

There is no passion at all.

With such a story, coupled with such a schedule, even if it won the box office champion for two consecutive weeks, it would only be 4400 million...

It failed to surpass "Star Wars Episode 3" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

According to the evaluation of the media: the ambitious "War of the Worlds" failed to achieve even one-third of the expected results. It seems that even the words of masters cannot be trusted these days...

then…

"The Aviator" was released nationwide on September 9, with 13 copies, mainly concentrated in first-tier cities.

……

The company, Chen Xi, Gao Fenfen, Huang Bin and a few others were having a meeting to discuss the announcement of "The Aviator".

It has been confirmed, it will focus on the adaptation of Shen Xudong's original work, and by the way, let's promote Venice to win the award.

The reason is simple... the moment the audience hears about the award-winning film from Venice, they lose interest immediately!

""Green Red" only made 300 million at the box office, and "Peacock" is so popular, the box office is only 1400 million!"

At that time, watching "Peacock" has become a trend.

Especially in the BJ area-before the award, Bona insisted on showing only two shows a day for three weeks, which caused many people to be proud of watching "Peacock". After winning the award, the screening was expanded...

In the follow-up, Shen Xudong's "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" also tore up a scene with it...

Even if it has reached this point, the national box office of "Peacock" still stops at 1400 million!
""Waiting Alone" has a good reputation..."

""Waiting Alone" has no star lineup... publicity and hype are not easy to leverage, and there are only 60 copies..."

"...Xudong's words are right. Now is not the era of word-of-mouth. Your movie must be widely publicized, and then the theaters will support it and the audience will be interested..."

"..."The Aviator", we will focus on the adaptation of Xudong's original work..."

Chen Xi interjected: "By the way, let me publicize that he rejected Tian Zhuangzhuang because he didn't want to become a pure literary film!"

"...And this thing?"

"Well," Chen Xi nodded: "I heard Xudong talk about this, he doesn't approve of Teacher Tian's idea of ​​adaptation..."

Gao Fenfen was about to speak when her phone rang, and she took it out to have a look...Gao Jun from Xinyinglian!
"It's Gao Jun...don't talk, I'll take it!"

"...the premiere press conference...but...the main creators have all gone to Toronto...it will be back in about three days!"

"Xudong alone is enough...then I'll ask him..."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Fenfen said, "The New Film Federation wants us to hold a press conference for the premiere..."

"...They want to promote "The Aviator"?"

"Um…"

"I'll ask Xudong..."

　Confirm the hotel today, buy furniture...

　　One day wasted.

　　I promise, it will be four more
　　
　
(End of this chapter)